Dott Projects
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Urban Farming
During the summer and autumn of 2007, thousands of people living and working in Middlesbrough participated in a project to increase local food production and reduce food miles.

Along the way, young, old, rich and poor worked together, growing food and realising new relationships with local food producers and existing growers in the town and its surrounding area. Their goal has been to pioneer a new sustainable future – not just for Middlesbrough, but also other post-industrial communities across the UK.

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Dott Debates
Dott Debates: What next?
Dott 07 held a series of debates during the Dott 07 Festival. In the debates we asked: what did we learn in the projects, and what do we do next?

Debates included Low Carb Lane, Design and Sexual Health, Food Systems and Cities, Better Lives with Dementia, The Movement Dilemma and Sustainability, Schools and Schooling. Speakers included people involved in the projects and influential people from key areas in the North East of England.

Read the transcripts or listen again to the guest speakers from the Dott Debates series.
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A year of projects and events that explored what life in a sustainable region could be like - and how design could help us get there.
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Intersections 07 brought together leading thinkers in design to consider how design is evolving. Listen to the podcasts.
Picture House
Film directors, artists and designers transformed Belsay Hall with a series of cutting-edge art and new media installations.
Young girl who took part in the Welcomes project.
Media 19 worked closely with community groups in Middlesbrough and Tees Valley on the theme of ‘welcoming’.
Buy the Dott 07 Manual on Amazon.
Download the Dott 07 Manual, written by John Thackara, that outlines the results and findings of the two year project.
Our Cyborg Future? on at the Discovery Museum
Our Cyborg Future? was an exhibition that looked at the shrinking divide between us and the technology we use.